Small Business Rule Changes — Friday, March 29, 2024

Vol. 1 · No. 478 — Friday, March 29, 2024

Small business rule changes: 11 entries flagged for owners.

Owner-readable summary of Federal Register, SBA, DOL, OFAC, and compliance updates published on Friday, March 29, 2024. Scanned 11 source documents matching small-business terms; 11 warranted a closer look.

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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled· Notice

Procurement List; Proposed Additions and Deletions

SUMMARY: The Committee is proposing to add product(s) to the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities, and deletes product(s) and service(s) previously furnished by such agencies.

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Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled· Notice

Procurement List; Deletions

SUMMARY: This action deletes product(s) and service(s) from the Procurement List that will be furnished by nonprofit agencies employing persons who are blind or have other severe disabilities.

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Representative Payee Report, Representative Payee Report (Short Form), and Physician's/Medical Officer's Statement

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Office of Workers' Compensation Programs (OWCP)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are…

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Department of Labor· Notice

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Report of Changes That May Affect Your Black Lung Benefits

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Department of Labor· Notice

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for General Industry Standard; Extension of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Approval of Information Collection (Paperwork) Requirements

SUMMARY: OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval for the information collection requirements specified in its Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for General Industry Standard.

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Office of Management and Budget· Notice

Request for Information: Responsible Procurement of Artificial Intelligence in Government

SUMMARY: Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, This request for information on the responsible procurement of artificial intelligence is being issued concurrently with the release of…

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Administrative Declaration Amendment of a Disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

SUMMARY: This is an amendment of the Administrative declaration of a disaster for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania dated 01/25/2024. Incident: Severe Storms and Flooding. Incident Period: 09/09/2023.

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Under OMB Review

SUMMARY: The Small Business Administration (SBA) is seekingapproval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act and OMB procedures, SBA is publishing this notice to allow all interested member of the public an additional…

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Small Business Administration· Notice

Administrative Declaration of a Disaster for the State of South Carolina

SUMMARY: This is a notice of an Administrative declaration of a disaster for the State of South Carolina dated03/22/2024. Incident: Tornado. Incident Period: 01/09/2024.

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Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were…

Owner check — Sanctions/trade action: re-screen vendors, customers, owners, and foreign counterparties before transactions.

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Department of the Treasury· Notice

Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions

SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of seven persons and two vessels that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were…

Owner check — Sanctions/trade action: re-screen vendors, customers, owners, and foreign counterparties before transactions.

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